LG Display continues to innovate with the launch of its fourth-generation Tandem OLED TV panel for the LG OLED G5 and LG OLED M5 ranges. Designed to deliver exceptional image quality and optimized energy efficiency, this new panel promises an incomparable viewing experience, with record-breaking brightness peaks, despite the move away from MLA microlenses. What are the main innovations that distinguish it from its predecessors?
Record maximum brightness
LG Display has reached a new milestone in the development of OLED technology with its fourth-generation Tandem OLED panel, used in the LG OLED G5 and LG OLED M5 ranges, as well as the Panasonic Z95B range.
The new panel boasts a maximum brightness of 4,000 nits, a 33% increase over the previous generation. This enhancement meets the needs of the latest generation of televisions, which use artificial intelligence (AI) to optimize the display of HDR content in real time and deliver ever more realistic picture quality.
An innovative structure for enhanced performance
The major innovation of this panel is based on LG Display’s exclusive Tandem RGB structure. Unlike the previous three-layer organic substrate configuration, this new Tandem OLED architecture is based on four separate layers: two blue layers and separate red and green layers. This design increases the amount of light emitted, which in turn improves color brightness, reaching 2,100 nits – a 40% increase over the previous version.
Optimized energy efficiency
Energy efficiency is another of this panel’s strengths. LG Display has improved the structure and power supply system to reduce operating temperature, resulting in 20% greater efficiency than the previous generation, for a 65-inch panel. This advance will directly benefit users of the LG OLED G5 and LG OLED M5 models.
An enhanced visual experience
LG Display has also developed a technology for reducing light reflections, thanks to a special film that minimizes internal and external reflections. This panel blocks up to 99% of light reflections, ensuring perfect blacks, even in daylight. What’s more, color accuracy remains constant, offering total fidelity even in ambient light levels of 500 lux.
Technology that respects health and the environment
This fourth-generation OLED panel also boasts reduced blue light emission, limited to 45% compared with 70-80% for an LCD screen. This feature is designed to protect users’ visual health and circadian rhythms.
What’s more, this panel is manufactured in an eco-responsible way, with a reduction of over 90% in the use of plastics compared to LCDs, and a component recycling rate of 92.7%.
Application extended to the video game market
LG Display plans to use this advanced technology for its Gaming OLED panel range. This will make it possible to design high-performance monitors with some of the highest response speeds and refresh rates on the market, as well as models with curved panels to suit gamers’ needs.
Summary
With its fourth-generation OLED TV panel, which equips the LG OLED G5 and LG OLED M5 TVs, as well as the Panasonic Z95B range, LG Display is consolidating its position in the high-end market by offering a technology that combines performance, energy efficiency and respect for the environment. This new OLED panel meets the expectations of consumers seeking an optimal visual experience, and is part of a strategy of continuous innovation. According to Hyeon-woo Lee, Senior Vice President of LG Display, this innovation “goes beyond the limits of existing displays” by offering “an unprecedented customer experience with superior image quality”, while reinforcing its “leadership in OLED technology”. LG OLED G5 TVs are due to go on sale next spring, while LG OLED M5s and the Panasonic Z95B range could arrive after the summer. No prices have yet been announced.
